Warmachine - Painting Cygnar Coleman Stryker - Last part!

I'm not going to post another update on Stryker after this one. He's just about done and there's only some 'tidying up' to do, as I'll explain later. Step 9. Beginning to add the cloak colour = P3 Menoth White Base mixed withe P3 Gun Corps Brown at first. Cloak trim and shoulder 'pad' was P3 Exile Blue (as s base) to P3 Cygnar Blue Base then to  P3 Cygnar Blue Highlight with P3 Arcane Blue mixed in for soft highlights.  Step 10 - added arm with colours as before. The 'glow' was done in the same way as the blue trim but adding GW Azurmen Blue wash before final P3 Arcane Blue and GW Skull White to highlight. There was also a watered down blue wash over the sword and heavier wash around the 'glow'. The blue on the holster...

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Painting Cygnar Commander Coleman Stryker.

So here goes - a series of posts describing how I got to where I got to! It's a painting by numbers guide to see what occurred. Feel free to leave me any advice and tips! This particular Stryker is from the plastic Cygnar Battlegroup and I used a combination of Formula P3 paints and GW/Citadel. It was quite easy to put together but you need to clean all mold lines before you do as some are quite inaccessible after assembly. I left the sword arm off to paint and add later to allow a bit more 'space'. Step one was the spray black undercoat. Step two - I used P3 Battlefield Brown for the base colour for the gloves, trousers and gold armour. Step three - GW Chainmail on silver metal tubing, pipes, buckles and chain armour. P3...

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Aha Fables! Volumes 1 -17 by Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham et al.

Volume 17 of Fables, called 'Inherit The Wind' collects together issues 108-113 of the Fables series. And what a series. Without doubt a classic and a 'must-read' as far as I'm concerned. I think I'll start with the covers, which in themselves are wonders to behold. Each is visually stunning and breathtakingly drawn. There is detail and beauty in just about any cover you could pick at random. Not only that, but there are a number of superb artists who have contributed 'gems' to this fabulous series. Just to take one - Adam Hughes in Volume 17 does a fantastic mini-story called 'Porky-pining'- in an Art Deco style. It's fantastic. And funny. Without spoiling too much -  the series tells the story of the lives and loves of characters...

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Warmachine - A painted Magnus the Traitor!

At last a finished warcaster! bACK. FrONt AnD WITh tHe MANgLeR. As you can see the colouring is much as I have described in previous posts. I like the posing on Magnus but didn't quite get the hands connected right if you look closely. The sword and hands come as one piece (and the back pack as well). I did pin them, so it's secure, but the lower (real) hand is slightly out of place with the armour on the forearm. I think I may play around with the colouring of the sword a bit but generally it's now done. Phew....

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Flames Of War - British Sherman V,StuG g - painting of.

A quick post to cover the painting of the first two models from the Actung! Flames Of War Starter Set. A) British Sherman V. Vallejo Russian Uniform - armour. Citadel Boltgun Metal - tracks/metal. P3 Gun Corps Brown - straps/wood/boxes/handles. Citadel Desert Yellow/Catachan Green - fabric stowage. Citadel Gryphone Sepia/ Devaln Mud wash over most of model. Devlan only on tracks. Citadel Kommando Khaki - uniform. I'm fairly happy with the outcome though the wash makes the model slightly shiny. Matt varnish and decals needed... StuG G Middlestone  (a very Shiny paint) from Vallejo for the armour colour. As above for everything else. Vallejo Reflective Green and Flat Brown for the stippled camouflage. Not...

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Incursion board game, Game Of Thrones Living Card Game and starting Flames Of War. Who's a busy boy then?

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